A cheerful moment in the dark by myself.

I absolutely love it. What a GREAT idea.

And we are glad you did Ringo!
Thank you for sharing that with us

Carrie

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"Sometimes its best not to worry about what you CAN'T do. And do the things you CAN."

Ringo,
If you keep that thought in mind you are wise beyond your years. Men sometimes respond to illness
as wanting to 'fix it' but some things can not be fixed so they become angry and frustrated.
Not that to fix is a bad thing LOL it comes in very handy .
"The Breast Cancer Husband," by Marc Silver, that Greg HIGHLY recommends you get a hold of and read. It has chapters on virtually every aspect of this situation and you'll get a lot out of it.
Greg is one of our BC husbands and young like yourself.

This is a safe place Ringo to let it out rant and share .

Hugs to you and your girlfriend.

Carrie

Greetings. I am a meber of the Crazy Crew here at http://thiscrazyjacket.com . Recently we have received a tremendous amount of emails explaining how they found our site from a link posted here (so, we decided to come by and say hello). Many of these emails were touching and moved us here at thecrazyjacket. Keep them coming.
We had no idea great places like this forum area existed. We think that it is wonderful there are places like this available for people to share.
Some of the stories that you have shared with us recently here at http://thiscrazyjacket.com touched us so much that we decided to make a special edition to our site. We are now, in the process of creating a "SURVIVORS" page.
We are doing this for ALL OF YOU !!!!!!!! who have endured, and survived and are still SURVIVING !!!
We are going to make a wall of survivors on http://thiscrazyjacket.com .
Please be patient, as it will take us a few days to put it together - but we wanted to start the ball rolling now. We welcome you to become a survivor - by emailing us at email@thiscrazyjacket.com with: a photo (if desired), display name, birthdate, your yahoo (if you want it displayed), your msn (if you want it displayed), your aim (if you want it displayed), your email (please let us know if you would like this kept private), County, State, City, and the date you became a Survivor in LIFE. Also a brief (100 char max) message to be posted (if desired).

Becoming a listed Survivor, on http://thiscrazyjacket is FREE, there is no charge. We are doing this to make a place to show EVERYONE in the world - YOU ARE SURVIVORS and you are HERE. And so that others know that they are NEVER ALONE.

Above everything else - we wanted to just stop in here and say thank you for all of your emails regarding out web site. Continue to email us. We always welcome mail - and we will always offer a friendly ear, or a shoulder to lean on.

The 7 CrazyCrew Members here extend their prayers and well wishes to everyone. (We have some SURVIVORS of our own.)

Continued Prosperity and HOPE !

You guys are great. I think this is such a terrific and funny and touching idea.

"Oppps I meant that I have seen alot of sites, not sights lol - it's way too early for me - I need coffee. "

Ringo typos are always overlooked here!! lol
I can do some doozies (Is that how you spell that?)
Tell your girlfriend to jump right in when she feels up to it ! She will get lots of hugs and understanding from women that have been there done that and some that are where she is in her journey. There is not a thought or feeling she is having that someone here can't relate to.
There is even a board for young women going through BC here.

Hugs to you and your sweetie~
Carrie

Patti, Cowgirl, someone?
What do you think about posting this in the moving beyond thread so more will see. If they are introduced by one of you Survivors they will be received well and more will see it.

YES, YES Crazy Jacket you should ask the ladies here if anyone would like to have their picture taken with the jacket to represent all the ladies and gentlemen at BC.ORG

Hey Mellisa you would be a good rep!

Thank you so much for including our Angels too!!

hugs,
Carrie

Crazy crew,
The Lady that posted above Beach Cottage 4 Us
(Patti) post poems prayers and words of inspiration everyday in the inspiration and prayers thread
Inspite of her own battle.
She is a sweet wonderful person loved by all. She posted this today and I would like to offer it to your Web site

From Patti a survivor

Warrior Women-Author Unknown...

You join an army of wounded women, who wear pretty clothes that conceal the scars and the pain and who summon brave smiles to camouflage anxiety. We each share a touching, intimate memory of a day that changed our lives forever.

A memory of a morning shower when we touched our breasts and cried. A long last look in the mirror, as we said good-bye. Good-bye to vanity. Good-bye to self pity. We haven't the time. We measure life in moments, and momentum.

We are the meaning of lifelong friends. Bosom buddies gathering strength from one another. We are courageous. We are proud. A circle of women, we span the globe, and we have touched eternity.

There is a word that strikes fear in our hearts--the word is recurrence. We try endlessly to search the reason. We valiantly fight to find the cure. We do so for daughters, granddaughters and for friends and ourselves.

We do so for the women who have gone before us. With each loss we feel tremendous anger. We rage. We taste fear. But with each loss our capacity to love deepens. It grows, it ripens, it blooms.

Each precious moment on this earth is a gift. We will not leave this gift unopened. We will not leave one smile undone. We will not leave one hug forgotten. We will not miss one opportunity to make a difference.

We are Women Warriors. Our casualties are high. The women who have gone before us have lost a battle with breast cancer, but they haven't lost the war.

We honor these women, we feel them, we remember them. We carry them with us, and we made each one a promise. A promise to never again look the other way.

We have breast cancer. We are alive.
Author Unknown


Carrie

ooo that is a good idea! Glad you did it carrie!

Sphynx I like that idea!!! What a bunch of brainiacs we have here!

Sphynx,
Thank you so much for posting crazyjacket in the Moving Beyond thread !!

Hugs,
Carrie

Ringo,
Yes best thing in the world for you both to be able to unplug for awhile. Hope you both have a wonderful time.

The ladies might be a little hesitant as we get people once in awhile trying to sell their snake oil potions and ideals. It is an active board in moving beyond and might have got bumped down before many had a chance to see?
Also some prefer to not share as this is a very personal
journey.

hugs,
Carrie